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Title: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: MotoCreations on January 29, 2010, 02:31:27 PM DSS = Double Sided Swingarm SSS = Single Sided Swingarm Two conversations via the phone today with people asking "what is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm" -- and thus my posting to everyone as well. Amazingly there are (were) a lot of options over the years and most have made it onto a Ducati Monster inevitably via Ducati itself, the aftermarket or custom builders. (note: most won't always swap and require fabrication skills to make happen) My two favorites are the 916 masterpiece -- it's robust and clean looking and I've swapped uncountable iterations of them over the years. But I will admit that everytime I see the MH900e tubular singlesided swingarm -- I think it's definitely cool. Thus my question: "What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm?" Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: Duck-Stew on January 29, 2010, 02:34:30 PM Not listed: 2003-2006 SS1000i.e.
2nd place: S*R in silver 3rd place: 1*98/848 Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: Triple J on January 29, 2010, 02:59:02 PM This one (without the hugger). I have no idea who makes it.
(http://members.ii.net/~aussiejester/index/pictures/ducati_tubular_swingarm.JPG) Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: NAKID on January 29, 2010, 03:18:52 PM I voted for the MH, but a close second is the asymmetrical Sport Classic DSS...
Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: Travman on January 29, 2010, 04:24:48 PM My favorite is the one Triple J listed above. If I remember correctly that swingarm was made by Moto Corse and it was available from Desmoworks.
(http://i292.photobucket.com/albums/mm21/JonTravisKing/Misc/BarrySheene.jpg?t=1264818143) 2nd: MH900e tubular SSS 3rd: S*R done in black (like in Bill in OKC's avatar) (http://ducatimonsterforum.org/index.php?action=dlattach;attach=293;type=avatar) 4th: Sport Classic with single sided shock The swingarm on the Bimota DB7 looks hot too. (http://i201.photobucket.com/albums/aa91/chiflado/bimota-db7-static-side.jpg) Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: junior varsity on January 29, 2010, 04:44:02 PM 1st: MH900e
2nd: MotoCorse tubular DSS swingarm. The one pictured by TripleJ and Travman above. 3rd: None come close to those two. MV Agusta SSS would be up next. See Bradmiller's 999 with it installed [thumbsup] Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: junior varsity on January 29, 2010, 04:45:05 PM MV Agusta F4 swingarm on Ducati 999:
(https://lh5.ggpht.com/_4iYlZ1m8UEM/StNZRHmZ-GI/AAAAAAAAELw/HVkFy2Deqrw/s800/Picture027.jpg) Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: junior varsity on January 29, 2010, 04:45:57 PM Muskrat in background in baseball hat iirc, unknown person behind him further with arsty-guy hat.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: Ohmic on January 29, 2010, 07:09:23 PM (http://i617.photobucket.com/albums/tt251/vizi-tec/8.jpg)
1. MH900e. Guess i'm bias :) 2. I have to say any of the 916 base sss are awesome. 1098's, Hyper & Multi. I especially like the 1098's "beefier" look. Love how the welds shows. Ducati did a good job not painting it. Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: MotoCreations on January 29, 2010, 07:38:48 PM MV Agusta F4 swingarm on Ducati 999: It's an aftermarket swingarm based upon the style of the MV Agusta F4 swingarm. (An MV Agusta swingarm uses a frame pivot -vs- enginecase pivot and would be difficult at best to modify to work on a Ducati) They were available when the 999 was first introduced but for an insane price. A customer had one on his 999S. If I remember right, it was made by Febur and they were cast in magnesium. Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: brad black on January 30, 2010, 12:07:18 AM 851 tricolore kit
Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: junior varsity on January 30, 2010, 04:51:24 AM It's an aftermarket swingarm based upon the style of the MV Agusta F4 swingarm. (An MV Agusta swingarm uses a frame pivot -vs- enginecase pivot and would be difficult at best to modify to work on a Ducati) They were available when the 999 was first introduced but for an insane price. A customer had one on his 999S. If I remember right, it was made by Febur and they were cast in magnesium. That is most likely what he did. I'll ask more next time I see him, but I'd venture a guess that you're spot on. Its makes my mouth sweat either way. Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: supertjeduc on January 30, 2010, 05:17:25 AM Not so very expansive anymore
http://cgi.ebay.de/Magnesium-swingarm-SBK-Ducati-748-916-996-998-Febur_W0QQitemZ170420607184QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRicambi_e_Accessori_Moto?hash=item27addc18d0 (http://cgi.ebay.de/Magnesium-swingarm-SBK-Ducati-748-916-996-998-Febur_W0QQitemZ170420607184QQcmdZViewItemQQptZRicambi_e_Accessori_Moto?hash=item27addc18d0) Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: fasterblkduc on January 30, 2010, 05:22:06 AM My fav., not listed...GP10 carbon fiber.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: Bill in OKC on January 30, 2010, 08:39:47 AM It was the S*R tubular SSS that sucked me in to my first and (so far) only Ducati purchase. I couldn't take my eyes off of that swingarm and then the rest of the bike started coming into focus. Now I've got one more obsession I never saw coming.
Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: Raux on January 30, 2010, 10:46:20 AM My fav., not listed...GP10 carbon fiber. oooo nice... you know the 696 isn't too disimilar looking. of course totally different suspension setup.. but... i wonder. Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: stopintime on January 30, 2010, 02:28:35 PM oooo nice... you know the 696 isn't too disimilar looking. of course totally different suspension setup.. but... i wonder. Put down the credit card, hands where I can see them, move slowly backwards [leo] Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: fasterblkduc on January 31, 2010, 03:01:38 AM oooo nice... you know the 696 isn't too disimilar looking. of course totally different suspension setup.. but... i wonder. Oh yes, I noticed. I'm probably one of the very few that really likes the 696 swingarm. It looks like it came from a GP bike. Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: junior varsity on January 31, 2010, 06:00:34 AM to the goobers picking S*R swingarms, be it known that this is the sexy-maker:
(http://www.mototype.com/pics/4950/full/mh900e_9.jpg) (http://farm1.static.flickr.com/41/82056992_5eedd45b81.jpg?v=0) The S*R swingarm doesn't hold a candle to it! Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: cyrus buelton on January 31, 2010, 11:53:45 AM I vote for my Dymag Carbon Fibre Swingarm in the process of being fitted to my 2004 S4r.
Looking like we are switching to a 996 SBK motor or a 999 if the heads fit. All in the fitting process right now. Working with two reputable individuals in the duc community, at least here in the midwest. Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: Bill in OKC on February 01, 2010, 06:50:09 AM to the goobers picking S*R swingarms, be it known that this is the sexy-maker: The S*R swingarm doesn't hold a candle to it! So I'm a goober lol. The MHie swingarm was the inspiration for me but I knew I'd never have one of those. I've got a wanna-be MH swingarm obsession lol. Title: Re: What is your favorite Ducati or aftermarket swingarm? Post by: junior varsity on February 01, 2010, 06:52:30 AM Either way, the tubular trellis-inspired swingarm is tasty.
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